Door-guard



(No M6661.)

0.6.l HICKS.

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UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER II. I-IICKs, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

DOOR-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,206, dated .August 4, 1896.

Application filed November 22,1895l Serial No. 569,809. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER Il. HICKS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ghicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Door-Guards, of which the following is a specification.

A swinging door which opens only in one direction is always liable, at any time, to be Opened in the face of, or against, a person approaching it to pass through the doorway from the side toward which the door opens by a person about to pass through from the opposite side. This is the case with the ordinary swinging door, and it is also the case with a door equipped with mechanism for causing it to open by approaching it from either side, as with weight mechanism, pneumatic or hydraulic mechanism, or electric mechanism, and the condition referred to applies equally to double doors arranged to swing in relatively contrary directions in opening.

Vhile my attention has been primarily directed to this condition in the operation of doors in connection with those which are equipped with electric mechanism for operating them, in embodying in practical form the subjectsmatter of the several Letters Patent which have been granted to me and to Robertus F. Troy for electric door-Operating apparatus, and while accordingly I have devised my present improvement more particularly for use in that connection, it is equally desirable for any swinging door adapted to open in one direction, whether equipped or not with any of the various mechanisms referred to for automatically operating it.

In its broadest sense my invention consists in providing at the side of a swinging door toward which it opens (and hereinafter distinguished throughout the specification and claims as the opening side of the'door) to move with the door a guard tending to direct a person passing through the door away from that side toward the free-edge portion of the door, whereby he will always be out of the way of the door when swinging Open.

My invention also consists in the general, as well as in the specific, construction of the preferred form of my improved door-guard 'at its ends in the perforated shelves.

and its application to a door, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a horizontal section taken through a pair of doors arranged to swing in contrary directions in opening, and each provided on its Opening side with my improved door-guard; Fig. 2, a broken enlarged view, in vertical section, Of the door-guard; Fig. 3, a broken plan view of a rod and its diskhead, and Fig. 1 a similar view showing the rod and the connection at its outer end with a strap.

A. A are swinging doors arranged to Open in contrary directions, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 1. My improved guard should be applied to each door, Where two such doors are provided; but'inasmuch as its construction is the same in each case description of one will suffice.

Near the hinged edge of the door, and fastened to it at its opening side at the desired elevation from the ground, (though it might be fastened to the casing,) is a bracket B, comprising a flat back fr and rounded shelves q, extending from its face at opposite sides of its center. Between the shelves are supported a series of independently oscillatory disks p, which are conned in place by a pin p', passed centrally through them and bearing From each disk there extends radially a rod o, shown as connected with the disk by screwing it into the peripheral edge thereof. The rods o may all be of substantially the same length, and they are connected together at their outer ends by means or a flexible strap C, which may be of leather, the means shown for fastoning the rod to the strap being a nut o', screwed on the rod against a washer o2 at the inner side of the strap, and a button o3, screwed thereon against the outer side of the strap. At one end the strap Gis fastened to the door near its free edge, as shown at .fr in Fig. 1, and at its opposite end the strap is fastened to a stationary object, such as a post D in suitable position, and which should be located in the are described by the strap.

A person approaching the door A, equipped with my improved guard, to open it from its opening side is naturally directed by the guard toward the free edge of the door, where IOO he is out of the way of the door and cannot be subjected to having it open against him by a person about to pass through the doorway in the opposite direction. In opening the door, the guard, constructed as shown and described, is folded up or collapsed, the rods o coming together one above the other if the door be opened to its full extent, and the flexible strap C buckling between them. O W- ing to the arrangement whereby the rods 0 are on different planes, the attachmentof the strap C to the door at a: should be at a higher point than its attachment to the post D; but the difference in elevation in the two attaching-points need not be as great as the distance between the lowermost and uppermost rods o, as they are springy and will therefore bend toward their outer ends to compensate for the difference.

Where the guard is provided on each of two oppositely-swinging doors, as shown in Fig. l, that on each door tends to direct a person desiring to pass through the doorway to the door that opens from the side toward which he is approaching.

W'hile the construction of my improved guard as illustrated is very desirable by reason of its simplicity and general appropriateness, it is by no means the only construction within the spirit of my invention. For example, the directing-guard might be a rigid attachment fastened to the door to travel with it, when, of course, the means to which'to attach it at D would be dispensed with; and various other constructions than the construction described of an extensible and collapsible guard could be provided for my purpose without departure from my invention, whether the guard be on the door or merely in position to be engaged and folded by it in opening.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In combination with a swinging door, a directing-guard for passers through the doorway, said guard swinging with the door and affording to such passers directing means toward the free-edge portion of the door, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with a swinging door, a directing-guard for passers through the doorway, supported at the opening side of the door to swing with it and describing an are extending across the approach to the door from near its free-edge portion,thereby aording to such passers directing means towardsaid free-edge portion of the door, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In combination with a swinging door, a directing-guard for passers through the doorway to direct them toward the free-.edge portion of the door, said guard comprising coilapsible and extensible parts collapsed by opening the door and extended by its closure, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In combination with a swinging door` a collapsible and extensible guard at the opening side of the door and fastened at one end to the door near its free edge and at its opposite end to a stationary object, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. A doorguard comprising rods supported to swing horizontally on a vertical axis from which the rods radiate lengthwise, and a iexible medium connecting the rods together toward their outer ends, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. A door-guard comprising a bracket carrying a series of oscillatory disks and adapted to be attached in vertical position to a door A, rods 0 extending horizontally from :he disks, and a flexible connecting medium for the rods toward their outer ends, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. A door-guard comprising a bracket B carrying a series of disks p oseillatorily confined by a pin 1J', and adapted to be attached to a door to dispose said disks invvertical series, rods o extending radially from the disks and threaded toward their outer ends, a strap C connecting the rods together toward their outer ends, each rod being fastened to :he strap by a nut 0 and washer o2 at its inner side, and a button o3 at its outer side, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In combination with a swinging door, a collapsible and extensible guard comprising a bracket fastened at the opening side of the door and carrying oscillatory disks, rods extending from the disks, a pliable connecting medium for the rods toward their outer ends fastened to the door near its free edge, and a stationary object, such as the post D, to which the connecting medium is fastened at its opposite end, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

9. In combination with a pair of swinging doors, arranged to open in opposite directions, a directing-guard for passers through the doorway, supported at the opening side of each door to swing with it and extending from near the free-edge portion of the door, across the approach thereto whereby the guard on each door affords directing means toward the free edge of the other door, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. OLIVER II.- HICKS. In presence ofn J. N. HANsoN, J. H. LEE.

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